I'll be happy if I can get mine running perfectly.... Don!.......
Making engines beautiful
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I had my valve cover vapor blasted and then satin painted by a BMW guy who has a business called Vapor Blasting Specialties near Ft.Lauderdale. He also satin polished the raised parts before the paint was applied. He does nice work. Now I see from the previous posts that I have much more to do. But it's driving season here now.
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Pelican thread with examples of Cerakote...
Cerakote Service - Pelican Parts Forums
I'm been using Cerakote for years now as a significantly higher quality alternative to powder coating. I started with fans and housings but have
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This place does nice work. I wonder if he works on other cars besides Porsche. Good place for us "East Coasters" to get work done.
I had the intake and cylinder head for my mk1 golf vapour blasted and it looked fantastic, wish I'd spent the pennies and had it clearcoated/ceramiced though. Bmw used to apply a protection onto ally engine parts that used to turn into a browny yellowish hue after a few decades of use, anyone remember what it was called?
Cosmoline was used in e30 era for sure but not e9, at least not in the US.
Faultless. Absolutely beautiful. It can't possibly run as nice as it looks.... looks too nice to run.
I only wish i could find an engineer/garage/company in the UK that could make my engine look like that.
Anyone out there!!!
I only wish i could find an engineer/garage/company in the UK that could make my engine look like that.
Anyone out there!!!
Their is a reason why car manufacturers, car designers etc etc have a bonnet on the cars !!
Who needs a bonnet...
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Modified BMW E9 CSL Showstopper
With a turbocharged S52-swap and custom Group 4 racer bodywork, this modified BMW E9 is one of the most awesome cars we’ve ever seen.
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always happy to have a hit list of work to do it there's anything to make these better
Who needs a bonnet...
Modified BMW E9 CSL Showstopper
With a turbocharged S52-swap and custom Group 4 racer bodywork, this modified BMW E9 is one of the most awesome cars we’ve ever seen.
favourite bit -
another business opportunity for @OCCoupe !
Please share, engine bay is the winter project for fnext year...
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I haven't been great at taking pics recently, but here is a selection of recent refurbed and new bits - obviously not all of these jobs are quick and easy with the engine in place. Regarding the manifold and rocker cover etc, they have been blasted and I'll probably leave them bare as nature intended. That said, I do have a Cerakote guy in the UK I'm planning to use for my aluminium trim and I'll report back how that goes. I don't trust any clear coating not to craze or yellow over time on the engine, then you need to remove it.
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That cerakote process looks great!
I struggled with this dilemma when I rebuilt my engine and decided on something a little different.
Originally I blasted everything and covered it with owatrol, but I wasn’t happy with the results. In the end I powder coated most of the aluminium pieces in a fine silver structure. The colour is not a perfect match to blasted aluminium but I’m really happy with the results and it should stay nice and bright for many years to come.
here are two thermostat housings,
First media blasted and rubbed down with Owatrol.
next is the powder coated silver structure. The hose fittings were masked off so you can see the colour difference
And here is the early model housing that I finally used:
I struggled with this dilemma when I rebuilt my engine and decided on something a little different.
Originally I blasted everything and covered it with owatrol, but I wasn’t happy with the results. In the end I powder coated most of the aluminium pieces in a fine silver structure. The colour is not a perfect match to blasted aluminium but I’m really happy with the results and it should stay nice and bright for many years to come.
here are two thermostat housings,
First media blasted and rubbed down with Owatrol.
next is the powder coated silver structure. The hose fittings were masked off so you can see the colour difference
And here is the early model housing that I finally used:
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stphers
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Very nice, next time that you powder coat, you can get some compound from Eastwood to fill all those holes and corrosion before you powder coat It is made to deal with the 400-450 degrees required to cure the powder It is called Metallab I have used it a number of times, it even will plug pinholes in the aluminum It is like a paste and once it cures, you can sand it smooth and leaves you with a nice and stronger surface to apply the powder
Thanks, Rick
Thanks, Rick
Ah interesting. In any case that particular thermostat housings is of no use to me as it is the newer style and wouldn’t clear my carb’s